Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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On the Acting Chair's point about the attendance of Minister, Deputy Harris, there is a Cabinet meeting today. The Cabinet meets most Tuesdays, as she is probably aware. I just wanted to flag that with her.

She mentioned the figure of €61 million and €56 million of that funding is to address the university pension shortfall. The forecast is that that shortfall will be cleared by the end of December 2024. The remaining balance of €5.3 million is for institute of technology pensions due, pension payments and lump sum costs being above forecast because of changing demographics and an increase in retiree numbers. What we can do is-----